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I'd assume the same goes for everyone else. I've spent hours this week driving from one place to another only to find them full of truckers, soccer kids, and pallets of building supplies(home depot)
@Grant
This afternoon was a…"

"Nice runs Grant!
I have found a vacant parking lot close to home that I have plotted a 100m x 100m course on, but I cannot run on it until Monday.
Gary indicated that I could submit my runs after August 1st since I have had so much trouble finding a…"

"Well Grant, at least you managed to get a run in. I was loading the car @4am this morning, headed to side-by-side soccer fields in town here. Was hoping to be ready before sun up. By 4:20, thunder and lightning, so I went to bed. Woke up around…"

"I got a run in before the cutoff but it is only a partial. The Uni I live near has 2 ovals next to each other. That is big enough to give me the 100x100 - just.
My rover was much faster then I thought it would be. The grass on the…"

"If you added another week, I might try another attempt with my IRIS. I have been thinking of giving it a go with the Bebop but it's so small that if something went wrong I'd have zero chance of finding it."

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HABLEG has a mass of 7kg, a wingspan of 3m and can carry an additional payload of up to 3kg. The flight was conducted at the rocket base ESRANGE in northern Sweden, where the glider was lifted to an altitude of 20km by means of a helium balloon. Upon release in the low density atmosphere,…

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Hey there G - Hope your trip went smooth...
Thanks again for all the flying - and donating your airframe to the cause. Been speaking with Stuart a lot more... He's fast!! Quadro-chopper still is not on the table in front of me- but Ill give you a shout when it is- and post some pictures.

not too many repairs to be done to your craft- just changing the wheels really and thinking about molding a new nose for it..

Gary
Am looking at assisting drug enforcement on the Seychelles. We are busy acquiring a Bank License there and need to assist the Island folk with other infrastructure. They have a huge drug problem evolving and their sea is vast and have 115 islands although we would only need to concentrate on those surrounding Mahe. The yachts are the problem donkeys.
What do you think?
Regards
James

Looks like you had a good turn out for your RCAP event. I have been toying with the idea of arranging an informal event here in Southern California for autopilot users but worry that Patrick would be lurking in the bushes to report us all to the FAA.

Your new airframe looks good. Any plans to make it available for sale?

thanks for your response Gary. I was starting to think I was all alone out here. Please send me an email on rossbw@eastcoast.co.za with details of your system. you can check out our website www.agricane.com for more details about the work we do. We opperate on large estates for the likes of Tongaat huletts and illovo. 12 000 ha is a fairly normal size that we will have to cover in a week to 10 days, so we need a system that can handle a lot of work. Look forward to hearing from you.
kind regards
Ross